I'm a little afraid of this question. My characters' names are not too puzzling, but some of my place names are peculiar. If readers spend too much time messing with tongue twisters, isn't that a turnoff for them?
Elise does sound very cute and fits her! I wish I remember the thought process to get to it, though, it's been so long. And Quasannon comes from Quasar first, so it's a Kways sound at the start, I should've been more clear about the name combination.
@Karumtoo-Rexo Yup. The kanji I use in my head for the names are as follows:
Himura - 緋村
Igarashi Hayato - 五十嵐速人
Umino Jin - 海野仁
I don't use the kanji anywhere though, so there's no way for my readers to know. lol
Erena- air-in-uh
Xenor- zee-nore
Vyra- vye-ruh
those are pretty must the only ones so far with names that could be confusing to some ig
One of my characters is based on a cat I used to have, Cholmondeley. To save on confusion he's been renamed 'Chumley' for the cartoon strip.
A lot of the names in my story are pretty straightforward since they're mostly slav names because the countries my mains are from have their languages based off balkan languages. (I just wanted to flex that I'm fluent in a language that uses cyrillic so it had to be done.) Slavic words and names are spelled exactly the way they are said, so there's rarely any confusion unless you're a foreigner and you don't already know what sounds those letters are supposed to make.
So as a slav I'm actually quite surprised to see you using Ognjen as a name, @Cavechan! In my country that name is just Ognen, without the "y" sound. (I went to school with a guy with that name and he was a total ass, but I digress lmao) My country is one of the only two besides Russia that uses cyrillic, the other being Bulgaria, and it's actually the most simplified of all the balkan languages I think. We do use a lot of "serbisms" though, which are words and phrases that are literally just serbian. They're not even our language. We just use them instead of using the actual words that we do have.
Some of the names I have so far are things like so (with the cyrillic spellings for fun)
Nisha (Nee-sha, not a slav name so I might be wrong on that but this is my canon lol) [Ниша]
Razimyr (RAZ-ee-meer but you roll the Rs a little) [Разимир]
Anka (AHN-kah) [Анка]
Jakob (YA-kob)
Ivan (EE-van)
Marko (...I don't have to tell you this one right) [Марко]
Natalija (Nah-TAH-lee-yuh) [Наталија]
Rhys (like Reece but softer)
Len
The country Raz and Jakob were born in is called Lethyr (kinda like leather but the th sound has a lot more stress), but because it's supposed to be my country's language the native name for it is Letirija (Le-TEE-ree-yah) [Летирија].
Most of these I feel are straightforward and you don't need any help with them, it's just pronouncing them with the slav accent that's hard lol. Fun fact: my middle name is Anastasija [Анастасија], but instead of pronouncing it Ana-STAY-zha it's Ah-nah-STA-see-yuh.
One of my comics the lead character's name is Jonee Von Bon
read as that no two way to read it.other characters like Irus (e-ru-s it's the name of the Iris flower in Hebrew)
A character from another comic of mine is Dr. Mamaliga. as in the romanian polenta like dish.
Since my current comic's character's names are super easy to pronounce (they're all names you're bound to have seen IRL since it's a comic that takes place in this world) I'm gonna do my other planned comic:
Fae - Fey
Arin - A-rin
Ourano Apate - Oh-rah-no Ah-pah-tee
Neptune Tiang - Nep-Tune Chang
Jupiter Zenith- Ju-pi-ter Zee-nith (coughs embarrassed to admit I forgot his last name)
Cordelia Cygnus-Touren - Cor-dee-li-yah Sig-nus Toh-ren
(If you haven't noticed, they're all named after things in space)
(except for fae and arin lmao)
For Ice Princess (and up-coming prequels), I focused mostly on what the characters' names meant, so some a bit odd.
Gwyneira -- Gwin-AIR-ah
Daren -- Dare-EN
Ciela -- Sea-ELLE-ah
Lucia -- Loo-SEA-ah
Peran -- Pear-AN
Reiner -- Rain-ER
Adrielle -- like Adrien, but with an 'L' instead of the 'N'
With God Child, I took some creative licence of how I spelled some names.
Mysti -- Misty
Niel (family name) -- Knee-ELLE
Yale -- like the American University
Thana Tossa -- like Thanatos, the God, but with an A at the end
For my more peculiar names-
Tula: TOO - lah
Faiza: Fah - EEZ - zuh
Beau: BOH (I was surprised how many people asked how this name was pronounced)
Dusy: DOO - see
Ivaylo: ee - VAI - loh
Janique: juh - NEEK
Hadi: HA - dee
Schuler: SHOO - ler
Good names that belong to the medieval times! "Erena" may sound like it can be used in modern times, but still- good names.
Back in session, again!
@andrew17: So, you called your character "Chumley", huh? What happens if I call your character, "Chum"? Like, "Come here, Chum!". But to be honest, Chumley is a quirky but cool name.
@nycanth:
Nearly the same name is used in that country, too?! Besides the point, "Razimyr" sounds enthusiastic when you say his name in a foreign accent. So that's Natalija with a silent J? Beautiful name. Now, Nisha... that reminds me of a girl with nearly the same name on a TV Show called "Chuck's Choice". And for a joke... Marco! Polo! 
@droidmonkey1: The proper pronunciation of Irus could take some getting used to, but good meaning behind the name. So, your main character's name is pronounced "Johnny" (I searched it up), right? I always associate "Johnny" as a boy's name, but "Jonee" is an acceptable name at it's best.
@azzy-m: Excellent galactic names, but what are Far and Arin named after? Just curious.
I thought it was always Eeyore! Jokes aside, you get a like for your characters' names.
@HollowEve: Easy to pronounce, but likable names. I saw that you went there with the "Yale" name! You get a like from me.
@375: ... 
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@joannekwan: Good, simple names from you. Some of the names you gave your characters already sound beautiful! "Hadi" sounds close to "Heidi". Silent C for Schuler, right? Because, often I would joke that Schroeder's name from Peanuts would be pronounced SCROLL-der; Even that name has a silent C.